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Announcing Our Exciting Exhibition Programme for 2025

A vibrant, multicoloured collage featuring diverse artists and sculptural artworks, set against a black background with “Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery” written at the top.

Discover Pitzhanger’s exciting 2025 exhibitions together with exclusive membership offers to enjoy them.

We are excited to share our exhibitions programme for 2025 bringing together contemporary artists whose thought-provoking works engage deeply with themes of identity, justice, memory, and transformation. Reflecting our unique mix of historic architecture and contemporary art, this year’s exhibitions promise to captivate, challenge, and inspire.

Alison Watt: From Light

5 March – 15 June 2025

Three visitors observe an art exhibition featuring delicate paintings of draped white fabric and still life on pale-coloured canvases.

“Meticulous but unsettling.” ★★★★ – The Guardian
“One of the foremost artists in the UK… an extraordinary painter.” – Kirsty Wark on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row
“An artist at the top of her game.” – The London Standard

Since opening at Pitzhanger, From Light has garnered a glowing response from critics. Jonathan Jones, writing in The Guardian called her paintings a “wonder of observation.” Watt’s masterful exploration of light and shadow, echoing Soane’s mastery of light, really merits close looking.

In a BBC Radio 4 Front Row interview, Watt reflected on how Soane’s visionary architecture shaped her new works, revealing that the manor had entered her imagination and dreams, influencing her artistic process in unexpected ways. This exhibition invites you to look closer, offering an experience that is as intellectually stimulating as it is visually arresting.

Listen to Alison Watt on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row:

 

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J’Accuse…! Sculptures by Nicole Farhi

19 March – 15 June 2025

Artist Nicole Farhi, wearing a green cardigan, sits beside a row of small, expressive bust sculptures depicting diverse individuals, displayed on a windowsill.

This exhibition focuses on victims of miscarriage of justice across the globe, starting with Dreyfus (who inspired Zola’s famous article J’Accuse) to the current day, with Andrew Malkinson. Drawing from two years of research, Nicole Farhi presents 25 ceramic busts, each portraying a victim whose wrongful conviction has impacted legal history. This deeply personal exhibition offers visitors an intimate opportunity to reflect upon the human stories behind history’s headlines.

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Permindar Kaur

June – September 2025

A black metal bed frame with colourful, cushion-like creatures with spikes clustered underneath, resembling surreal, spiky organisms emerging from the shadows.

Explore Permindar Kaur’s colourful yet unsettling sculptures, which bring together objects from childhood and the home together with items suggesting something more menacing. Using toys, clothing, and everyday objects, Kaur’s installations evoke themes of identity, belonging, and the uncanny. Her sculptures invite visitors into a dreamlike world filled with vibrant forms that reflect on personal and cultural identity, and the nuanced interplay between innocence and discomfort.

Experience art that is both playful and profound, questioning how we understand home and belonging.

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Prem Sahib

June – September 2025

A black hooded sweatshirt appears to “hold” a red hooded sweatshirt, creating a ghostly, human-like form in an empty gallery.

Prem Sahib is known for his minimalist yet deeply personal sculptures which explore intimate encounters, queer identity, and the subtle tensions between public and private spaces. For this exhibition, Sahib, who grew up in Southall, returns to Ealing and to Walpole Park, a location which has been represented in some of his previous artworks. Displaying artworks in the manor house, Sahib recasts rooms to suggest different uses which play on Soane’s use of doubling, mirrors and duplicates.

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Howard Hodgkin: In a Public Garden

October 2025 – February 2026

A vibrant abstract painting with bold, sweeping red-orange brushstrokes over a textured green background, creating a dynamic, organic composition.

In a career lasting more than 50 years, the painter Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017) made nearly 200 prints. Many of them were hand-coloured under his supervision by the various printers he worked with so that they come close to being one-offs, like paintings. In both mediums, he explored similar themes: views into claustrophobic interiors, sometimes peopled with intimate friends: places visited such as India, Morocco, and Venice; the weather, the seasons, gardens, fruit, flowers, and trees. Working from memory and imagination, he created images of transience, in which ambiguous, dissolving forms are the pictorial equivalent of an autobiographical experience or sensation.

This major exhibition, switching across the gallery and manor, curated by Richard Calvocoressi, brings together some sixty of Hodgkin’s prints, ranging in date from his witty, Pop-art shapes of the 1960s to the freely brushed forms of his final years. Masterpieces of heightened, sensuous colour, Hodgkin’s prints have lost none of their power to astonish, move and delight eight years after his death.

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Make the most of your visits with a Pitzhanger Membership, designed to provide exceptional value and enriching cultural experiences all year round. With memberships starting from just £35 per year, you will gain unlimited access to all exhibitions, exclusive invites to private views, artist talks, and special events. Members also benefit from discounted or priority booking on public programmes and a 10% discount in our Pitzhanger Shop, Pitzhanger Pantry, and Bella Puglia Café.

For young art enthusiasts aged 18-25, our free New Creatives membership offers £5 tickets and tailored events designed to inspire creativity.

Join today and immerse yourself fully in a year of extraordinary art and heritage at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery.

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PITZHANGER NEWS

All the latest happenings in and around Pitzhanger

7th March 2025

Announcing Our Exciting New Exhibitions for 2025

Discover Pitzhanger’s exciting 2025 exhibitions together with exclusive membership offers to enjoy them.

More info
28th February 2025

Celebrating Our Partnership with the Garfield Weston Foundation

Garfield Weston Foundation supports Pitzhanger’s outreach, enriching education and creativity in West London through 2027.

More info
19th February 2025

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery joins Bloomberg Connects—Your Ultimate Digital Guide!

Pitzhanger is now on Bloomberg Connects.

More info
10th February 2025

A Fond Farewell to Clare Gough, Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery

It is with both pride and sadness that we announce the departure of Clare Gough, Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, as she takes on an exciting new role as Director of the Garfield Weston Foundation.

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6th February 2025

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery Welcomes a Record-Breaking 60,000 visitors!

We are excited to share a remarkable milestone—Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery has welcomed over 60,000 visitors so far this financial year!

More info
4th February 2025

Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Matt Small’s ‘Pride of England’ exhibition!

24th December 2024

2024: A Special Year for Pitzhanger with Record Visitors and Increased Engagement

Reflecting on Pitzhanger’s record-breaking 2024.

More info
13th December 2024

Kick Off a Legacy: Matt Small Calls for Your Support

Hear directly from the artist behind ‘Pride of England’.

More info
25th November 2024

Antiques Roadshow Highlights Pitzhanger’s Restoration Journey

The BBC Antiques Roadshow brought Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery into the national spotlight, showcasing our three-year restoration project to a nationwide audience on BBC One.

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25th October 2024

At a Glance: Christmas 2024

Celebrate Christmas at Pitzhanger with festive shopping, art, family activities, supper clubs, and venue hire.

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Discover the Ancient Art of Basketweaving

A Q&A with basketweaver Emily Chilvers.

On Thursday, 22 June 2023, Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery is excited to host a special Pitzhanger Late event — Sculptural Coiled Baskets Workshop. Under the guidance of basketweaver and potter Emily Chilvers, you will learn the timeless art of the coiled basket weaving method, often called the ‘foragers basket’.

We caught up with Emily to discuss the workshop and her passion for the ancient art of basketweaving.

Can you tell us something about the coiled basket method?

🙋‍♀️ Emily Chilvers (EC): Coiling is believed to be one of the oldest weaving techniques, dating back to the dawn of human civilization. Discoveries of ancient basket weavings in Egyptian pyramids from as early as 2504 BC highlight this art form’s longevity and historical significance.

What age range and skill levels are suitable for your workshops?

🙋‍♀️ EC: I work with all ages and abilities, adapting the materials or techniques to suit my audience. The beauty of any creative technique lies in the enjoyment of the process and the joy of creating. I provide a supportive environment where people can relax and playfully explore new techniques.

How will participants incorporate different materials into their coiled forms during the workshop? 

🙋‍♀️ EC: The principles of coiling are simple; you have a core material and a weaving element that binds the coils together. Participants can incorporate any soft and flexible material, whether that’s natural, man-made, or recycled. A variety of wools, fibres, and fabrics will be available.

How does our exhibition, Anthony Caro: The Inspiration of Architecture, influence the workshop? 

🙋‍♀️ EC: Caro’s use of mixed materials, particularly coloured perspex, inspires me. We’ll incorporate these elements into our weaving to create a playful and architectural quality.

What can participants expect to take away from the workshop? 

🙋‍♀️ EC: I hope participants leave with a newfound love for basket weaving and a desire to continue exploring this art form.

How will participants be able to continue their weaving practice at home? 

🙋‍♀️ EC: Each participant will receive a starter kit. If the piece is still evolving by the end of the session, they can continue working on it at home with the rest of the materials from their kit.

Finally, what inspired you to become a potter and basketweaver? 

🙋‍♀️ EC: What I love the most about what I do is the relationships within the creative world. Whether that’s learning from and teaching others or exploring how materials and techniques can be combined in my own work, I don’t ever see myself as a solo maker, and I am inspired and get such joy in the sharing and connections of creativity. 

Mark your calendars for Thursday 22 June 2023, 6.00 pm – 8.30 pm, and join us at Pitzhanger for an evening of creativity and fun. Your ticket includes a glass of wine and free access to the Manor and the exhibition from 5pm. 

So, ready to explore the timeless art of weaving under the guidance of Emily Chilvers? Secure your spot today!

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2023

22 Jun 2023
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Pitzhanger Late: Sculptural Coiled Baskets Workshop

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PITZHANGER NEWS

All the latest happenings in and around Pitzhanger

7th March 2025

Announcing Our Exciting New Exhibitions for 2025

Discover Pitzhanger’s exciting 2025 exhibitions together with exclusive membership offers to enjoy them.

More info
28th February 2025

Celebrating Our Partnership with the Garfield Weston Foundation

Garfield Weston Foundation supports Pitzhanger’s outreach, enriching education and creativity in West London through 2027.

More info
19th February 2025

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery joins Bloomberg Connects—Your Ultimate Digital Guide!

Pitzhanger is now on Bloomberg Connects.

More info
10th February 2025

A Fond Farewell to Clare Gough, Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery

It is with both pride and sadness that we announce the departure of Clare Gough, Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, as she takes on an exciting new role as Director of the Garfield Weston Foundation.

More info
6th February 2025

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery Welcomes a Record-Breaking 60,000 visitors!

We are excited to share a remarkable milestone—Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery has welcomed over 60,000 visitors so far this financial year!

More info
4th February 2025

Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Matt Small’s ‘Pride of England’ exhibition!

24th December 2024

2024: A Special Year for Pitzhanger with Record Visitors and Increased Engagement

Reflecting on Pitzhanger’s record-breaking 2024.

More info
13th December 2024

Kick Off a Legacy: Matt Small Calls for Your Support

Hear directly from the artist behind ‘Pride of England’.

More info
25th November 2024

Antiques Roadshow Highlights Pitzhanger’s Restoration Journey

The BBC Antiques Roadshow brought Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery into the national spotlight, showcasing our three-year restoration project to a nationwide audience on BBC One.

More info
25th October 2024

At a Glance: Christmas 2024

Celebrate Christmas at Pitzhanger with festive shopping, art, family activities, supper clubs, and venue hire.

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January Sale at Pitzhanger Shop

Up to 25% off in our shop this January! Bring your favourites home while stocks last until the 31 January.

Treat yourself to a little pick-me-up in the New Year. Discounted items include cushion covers, notebooks, candles, tea towels, and more.

Bring your favourites home while stocks last until 31 January.

Up to 25% off

While some items are available via our online shop, you’ll get even more choices by coming in to visit us and seeing what we have in store!

Some of our favourites which are on sale include:

Chinoiserie Tea Towel

Inspired by the wallpaper in Pitzhanger Manor’s Upper Drawing Room.

£10 → £7.50 

‘A Sense of Wonder’ Tea Towel

£10 → £8

Opie Folding Postcard

£10 → £7.50

Free mug for purchase of £20 or more

Why not combine your New Year shopping with a visit to the ‘A Sense of Wonder’ exhibition? Tickets also grant you access to explore Sir John Soane’s neo-classical Manor house.

Spend £20 at our shop in Pitzhanger Gallery or online and receive a free limited-edition ‘A Sense of Wonder’ mug.

PITZHANGER NEWS

All the latest happenings in and around Pitzhanger

7th March 2025

Announcing Our Exciting New Exhibitions for 2025

Discover Pitzhanger’s exciting 2025 exhibitions together with exclusive membership offers to enjoy them.

More info
28th February 2025

Celebrating Our Partnership with the Garfield Weston Foundation

Garfield Weston Foundation supports Pitzhanger’s outreach, enriching education and creativity in West London through 2027.

More info
19th February 2025

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery joins Bloomberg Connects—Your Ultimate Digital Guide!

Pitzhanger is now on Bloomberg Connects.

More info
10th February 2025

A Fond Farewell to Clare Gough, Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery

It is with both pride and sadness that we announce the departure of Clare Gough, Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, as she takes on an exciting new role as Director of the Garfield Weston Foundation.

More info
6th February 2025

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery Welcomes a Record-Breaking 60,000 visitors!

We are excited to share a remarkable milestone—Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery has welcomed over 60,000 visitors so far this financial year!

More info
4th February 2025

Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Matt Small’s ‘Pride of England’ exhibition!

24th December 2024

2024: A Special Year for Pitzhanger with Record Visitors and Increased Engagement

Reflecting on Pitzhanger’s record-breaking 2024.

More info
13th December 2024

Kick Off a Legacy: Matt Small Calls for Your Support

Hear directly from the artist behind ‘Pride of England’.

More info
25th November 2024

Antiques Roadshow Highlights Pitzhanger’s Restoration Journey

The BBC Antiques Roadshow brought Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery into the national spotlight, showcasing our three-year restoration project to a nationwide audience on BBC One.

More info
25th October 2024

At a Glance: Christmas 2024

Celebrate Christmas at Pitzhanger with festive shopping, art, family activities, supper clubs, and venue hire.

More info

Introducing Mini Makers

Photo by Roger Green

Artists Antoine Genevier and Jennifer Mesrie discuss their plans for Pitzhanger’s new art programme for toddlers and preschoolers.

Mini Makers is Pitzhanger’s new Early Years programme for children under five and their families.

It’s a drop-in art session designed to allow young children the space and time to explore their creativity and develop their fine motor skills by working with various art materials in an open, welcoming (and messy!) environment.

Mini Makers is about encouraging a child to play in an interactive environment where they can express themselves freely.”

Jennifer Mesrie

The sessions are designed and facilitated by artists Antoine Genevier and Jennifer Mesrie, two experienced artist practitioners with backgrounds in art education for Early Years. They work together to develop the sessions based on a monthly theme.

Each session will have different activity stations for the children to try out. They include large-scale cooperative painting projects, printmaking with natural objects, sensory object play, and much more! Children can move from station to station to explore a variety of materials to draw, paint, build, and make, including colours, play dough, and recycled and natural materials.

We caught up with Jennifer and Antoine to talk about their experiences working in arts education, along with their plans for Mini Makers:

Tell us something about yourselves. What are your experiences working with children in the arts?

🙋‍♀️ Jennifer Mesrie (JM): I have been working with children of all ages in the arts for 15 years. The most rewarding aspect of the work for me is seeing a child’s creativity develop and helping them feel as passionate and engaged as I am about the subject. I think it’s an integral part of a child’s growth and an important skill to harness. 

🙋‍♂️ Antoine Genevier (AG): I have worked in education since my teens, always helping out with after-school art clubs and things, but then I went on to teach in Berlin and Paris for the last ten years, working for a variety of different schools and educational systems. Art has always been rudimental in how I teach and work. It is the first tool to use. It’s how we express who we are, but what I find most rewarding is seeing how their work develops and seeing them grow into creators, builders and risk-takers.

What inspires you to teach art, especially to toddlers and preschoolers under five?

🙋‍♀️ JM: I enjoy seeing the mini-makers (children) explore new materials they may not have used before, as well as their intuitive approach to painting.

🙋‍♂️ AG: It has to be their imaginations, doesn’t it? Seeing how they realise that energy is endlessly inspiring. 

Can you tell us about Mini Makers at Pitzhanger? What is it all about?

🙋‍♂️ AG: I would love for it to be a space where creativity, expression and mess (obviously 😜) come together in an interactive environment.

🙋‍♀️ JM: I plan to run fun sensory workshops engaging each child. Mini Makers is about encouraging a child to play in an interactive environment where they can express themselves freely.

“What I find most rewarding is seeing how their work develops and seeing them grow into creators, builders and risk-takers.”

Antoine Genevier

What experience will families have when they come to Mini Makers?

🙋‍♀️ JM: I hope they come away feeling like their child has had fun and perhaps realise how important it is for a child’s development. 

🙋‍♂️ AG: I am going to be honest — everyone gets messy, but also sees the importance of being playful and messy with your creativity.

What activities, themes, and messes will happen at Mini Makers?

🙋‍♂️ AG: I know Jennifer and I have a lot planned, including building new creations by reusing toys to create something new. We want to work closely with the gallery to do some themed workshops. 

🙋‍♀️ JM: In January, we have a workshop called Supertoys which will coincide with the ‘A Sense of Wonder‘ exhibition at Pitzhanger Gallery. Children get a chance to take old, discarded toys and create new ones with their parts. 

Finally, what is your favourite colour?

🙋‍♀️ JM: Pink, as it makes me feel calm. 

🙋‍♂️ AG: The hardest question of all! I would say all colours as it’s about your emotional response to them and how you choose to express yourself in that given moment.

Mini Makers runs weekly from 10.30 am – 2.00 pm. Families can come and go as they please at any time. The sessions are bookable and also available to drop in. 

Full-price tickets are £5 per child, with a concession ticket available for £1 to qualifying families. Ticketholders can access Pitzhanger Manor for free on the day (Entry to the exhibition in Pitzhanger Gallery requires a separate ticket). They can also get a free babyccino and discounted coffee and cake at Pitzhanger Pantry near the Walpole Park playground.

Make a day of it and book your place now!

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2024

4 Oct 2024
to 18 Oct 2024

Mini Makers

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PITZHANGER NEWS

All the latest happenings in and around Pitzhanger

7th March 2025

Announcing Our Exciting New Exhibitions for 2025

Discover Pitzhanger’s exciting 2025 exhibitions together with exclusive membership offers to enjoy them.

More info
28th February 2025

Celebrating Our Partnership with the Garfield Weston Foundation

Garfield Weston Foundation supports Pitzhanger’s outreach, enriching education and creativity in West London through 2027.

More info
19th February 2025

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery joins Bloomberg Connects—Your Ultimate Digital Guide!

Pitzhanger is now on Bloomberg Connects.

More info
10th February 2025

A Fond Farewell to Clare Gough, Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery

It is with both pride and sadness that we announce the departure of Clare Gough, Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, as she takes on an exciting new role as Director of the Garfield Weston Foundation.

More info
6th February 2025

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery Welcomes a Record-Breaking 60,000 visitors!

We are excited to share a remarkable milestone—Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery has welcomed over 60,000 visitors so far this financial year!

More info
4th February 2025

Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Matt Small’s ‘Pride of England’ exhibition!

24th December 2024

2024: A Special Year for Pitzhanger with Record Visitors and Increased Engagement

Reflecting on Pitzhanger’s record-breaking 2024.

More info
13th December 2024

Kick Off a Legacy: Matt Small Calls for Your Support

Hear directly from the artist behind ‘Pride of England’.

More info
25th November 2024

Antiques Roadshow Highlights Pitzhanger’s Restoration Journey

The BBC Antiques Roadshow brought Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery into the national spotlight, showcasing our three-year restoration project to a nationwide audience on BBC One.

More info
25th October 2024

At a Glance: Christmas 2024

Celebrate Christmas at Pitzhanger with festive shopping, art, family activities, supper clubs, and venue hire.

More info